Wire-holder



A. P. DAVIS.

WIRE 11010511.

I APPLICATION FILED 056.14. I917. 1,313,795. 1 1 Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

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Q 1 iJ'mTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALG TE P. DAVIS, F WHITE ROCK, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD TO WINTHBOP S. DAVIS, 01? WHITE ROCK, COLORADO.

WIRE-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, ALGIE P. DAVIS, a

which the following is a specification.

a This invention 'has reference to means for holdlng the line wires of fences on a post,

and means for facilitating the insertion of said wire holdin means in the post.

- The'primary (fioject of the invention isto produce a wire holding member including a y 1 Q slotted or bifurcated end and a barbed shank,

. the members providing the head having regyistering openings, the line wire designed to be received in the slot of the head, and a securing element passing through the alini'ng openings in the head for retaimng the wire on the head.

It is a further object of the invention to produce. a wire holding member constructed from a single strand of wire and designed, from a single operation of a suitable machine, to be pointed, barbed, and headed, and whereby a great number of the holders may be easily andquickly produced.

It is a further object of the invention to produce a wire holdingmember having a bifurcated outer end or head and a barbed shank and to provide a cap designed to engage with the head to receive the arms provlded by the bifurcation thereof, so that an impact of force, such as a bloWof a: hammer may be directly received by the cap to prevent injury to the head of the wire holding member when the latter is to be inserted in a post.

It is a still further object to produce a device of this construction which shall be of a simple nature, cheap in construction and thoroughly eflicient for the purpose devised.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a barbed wire fence, the line wires being secured on the posts in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the arrangement of the cap on the head of one of the wire holding members to facilitate the insertion of the said member in the post.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the wire holding members.

Fig. 4 is an approximately central longitudinal sectional view through the ca nd,

Specification. of Letters Patent.

' holdin Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

Application filed December- 14', 1917. Serial No. 207,175.

{)hrough the head of the wire holding memers.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cap. The fence posts are indicated by the numeral 7, and the line wires comprising the fence by the numerals 8. The wires are received in the bifurcated ends or heads of members constructed in accordance with t is invention. a

The details of the construction of the holder members will hereinafter be fully set forth, but it is to be here stated that the holding members are constructed of wire of a suitable gage, a length of such wire being fed through a suitable machine, designed to point, barb and head portions thereof to produce a great number of the holders, each at a single operation of the machine, at a minimum amount of time. It is also to be noted that the barbs on the shanks of the holder members are arranged on the sides thereof in a line with the slots in the heads, so that the heads, when receiving the line wires therein, the weight ofthe said line wires, or

. any other weight added to the line wires will not weaken-the holder as would be the case were the barbs arranged-upon the opposite sides of the shank, or in other words, in a line with the outer faces of the headof the holder.

Each of the holding members includes a shank, the diametrically opposite sides of which, inward of the point thereof, barbed as at 10, and the outer end of the shank is widened providing what I will term a head 11. This head, from its outer end, is centrally slitted by the machine, so that 'the said head is divided into two spaced parallel arms or members 12 respectively, the inner faces of the arms being straight, but the outer faces being round conforming to the cross sectional contour of the wire from which the said arms are formed. The barbs 10 are provided by cutting the shank on the sides thereof in a line with the opening in the head both transversely and angularly,

thus presenting straight shoulders 10 and angle surfaces 10" between the shoulders. It will be noted that the angular surfaces 10" are directed toward the point of the shank, and that the barbsbeing formed by cutting or pressing the sides of the shank provide no protrusions on the said sides, so that the shank may be readily inserted 1n the post,

. The members 12 adjacent, the outer ends It is, of course, obvious that other retaining c means may be employed, as for instance, the bolt may be passed through the openings 13, one of the said openings maybe. provided with threads to engage with the threads of the bolt or the said bolt may pass entirely through theopenings, and have its threaded end engaged by a nut, while'still again, the retaining nature'of a cotter pin..

g a T facilitate the insertion of the wireholding members'in the-post 7 I provide acap :indicatedby the numeral 15.3 This cap,

from what may be termed the inner end,

th'ereof,'is formed with two spaced longitudinallyextending slots or depressions .16 4' Which are designed to receive the arms 12 ofthe head, andthe dividing member between the depressions or 'wh'at may be J termed the partition 17 is designed to be received in the slot between the arms 12 of the head. The outer walls of the depression are ,rounded to receive the outer rounded surfaces of what-I have termed 1 arms of the head. 'Thus it will benoted that copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents m, by ad g the i i Washington, 10."

the arms", by the contacting engagement therewith of the partitions'l'Z are held from inward movement with respect to each other and by'virtue of the contact of the side walls I 11-: ofthe cap', the-said arms are, held against 1 outward movement. The cap is constructed of tough material, such as harveyized steel, so that the same, will efiectivelywithstand the impact of force delivered thereon by element may be inthe driving element.

The cap is provided with .ahandle portion 18 so that the said .capmaybeeflectively held when the head of the holder member is arranged. therein, and properly positioned .j-

with respect to the position for the inser From 1 the foregoing description, when '3 taken in connection with the accompanying V drawings, the simplicity and advantages of the constructionwill, it is thought, be ap- ;f c

parent without furtherwdetailed description. r 1

I claim is 7 Having thus described the invention what wire holder including .a shank and a bifur cated head,-said shanlrbeing barbed on the the blows from a hammeror other similar] 1. In combination with a fence post-ides j signed to receive line wires: of a -.fence, ofa

sides thereof in a line with the "bifurcation of the head, saidzhead 'havi ng, opening's therethrough, andawire retainingvelement passing through said: openings and-secured to saidhea'd. c i v r I 7 2. A'wire holding member forfencepostsf, J 1 1 comprising a shank having aninner pointed a. end,.said shank being round in. cross section V g and being formed inward of its pointed end with barbs, presenting a. straight shoulders; and angular, walls between said shoulders," the shank beingcentrally bifurcatedto pro- 7 vide a head, the members constituting the head being spread-apart at the innerend and from thence continued in parallelism,

said arms having registeringopenings "designed to: receivean 'elementmfor retaining a wire in the bifurcated portion of the head,

and said element adapted to be secured to the head. s

Commissioner of Patents.

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. 1 f 7' ALGIE Pr DAVIS. 

